Folding packing-box



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FOLDING PACKING BOX. I No. 254,679. Patented Mar. 7,1882.-

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UNITED STATES P TE T OFFICE.

ALONZO P. NASH, OF WEYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,679, dated March 7,1882.

Application filed January 23, 1882. (Model) I To all whom it may concernBe it known that I, ALONZO P. NASH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Weymouth, in the county of Norfolk and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFolding Packing- Boxes; and I do hereby'declare that the same are fullydescribed in the following specification and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in folding packingboxes. The boxis so constructed that when not in use it can be folded perfectly flatto occupy only a very small place, and when desired for use it presentsa very strong box, not liable to get out of shape by side or diagonalpressure.

The box is so constructed as to occasion no waste of material in itsmake up, and, if so desired, it is provided with a ready made andcreased wrapper pasted or otherwise secured to its ends or other part ofthe box, so that when required for use it mayinstantaneously beconverted into a properly and neatly wrapped up package.

The invention is carried out as follows, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a plan view of thebox with its wrapper as folded together flat for transportation or whennot in use. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal section when put inposition for use, showing one end closed and the other end open. Fig. 3represents a perspective view of the box when in use, and showing thecreased wrapper folded around it, as described. Fig. 4 represents a planview of the pasteboard portion of the box as laid out flat, and showingits hinged covers secured thereto, as will hereinafter be more fullydescribed.

Similarletters refer to similar parts wherever they occur on thedrawings.

a (t a a are the sides of the box, which are made of one singlerectangular orsquare piece of pasteboard, A, as shown in Fig. 4, which is bentor creased on the lines a a a a, (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4,) andafter being so creased the projecting piece a is pasted or otherwiseattached to the opposite edge, a,

hinged, as may be desired. Each 'cover B is provided with a lip, B,which serves as a stop against the open end of the box when said coveris closedup against such open end, as shown in the left-hand side ofFig. 2. Each cover is also provided on its inside with a projection, B,adapted toproject inside of the open end of the box, when the cover isclosed against it, as shown in the left-hand side of Fig. 2, whichprojection serves as a stay against the inside of the sides a a a a tostrengthen the box when in use and to prevent its being crushed or bentout of shape when subjected to side or diagonal pressure from theoutside. Two objects are thus attained by the construe tion of thecovers B B as described, namely: They cannot be pushed into the body ofthe box, and when in place against the ends of the box theinwardly-projecting part B serves to retain the proper shape of the box,and to prevent its being put out of shape by outward pressure.

To provide a neat and tasty package I surround the box with a wrapper,O, pasted to any desirable part of the sides or ends of the folding box,as may he desired, which wrapper is provided with ends 0 O, properlycreased, as shown by lines o c in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, so that said endsof the wrapper may quickly be folded over the closed ends of the box, asshown in Fig. 3.

What I wish to secure by Letters Patent, and claim, isl Theherein-described folding packing-box, consisting essentially of thecreased sidesaaaa and hinged ends B B, having lips B B and inwardly-proj ectin g parts B B, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

ALONZO P. NASH.

Witnesses:

ALBAN Annnnn, HENRY CHADBOURN.

